--- description: The Sunnydale High classmates met up for lunch and a selfie title: Sarah Michelle Gellar Had a 'Buffy' Reunion with Danny Strong image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrity](/tag/celebrity/) ## celebrity Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Sarah Michelle Gellar Had a _Buffy_ Reunion With Danny Strong by [Esther Zuckerman](/author/esther-zuckerman/) ## Esther Zuckerman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Zuckerman is a contributor for TIME. May 6, 2015 4:45 PM CUT by [Esther Zuckerman](/author/esther-zuckerman/) ## Esther Zuckerman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Zuckerman is a contributor for TIME. May 6, 2015 4:45 PM CUT Before he was co-creator of _Empire,_ Danny Strong was lovable-but-eventually-semi-evil nerd Jonathan on _Buffy the Vampire_ _Slayer_. So our nostalgia sensors went off when Strong and Sarah Michelle Gellar, the Slayer herself, posted pictures of their lunch date/Sunnydale High reunion to Twitter. > [](https://twitter.com/Dannystrong/status/595954773704056832) It’s just like that time Jonathan [presented Buffy with the “Class Protector” award at prom](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l22M0ySvpgY "undefined"). Gellar, meanwhile, took the time to plug Strong’s big hit show. > [](https://twitter.com/SarahMGellar/status/595773967853613056) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3848772/sarah-michelle-gellar-danny-strong-buffy-reunion/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3848772/sarah-michelle-gellar-danny-strong-buffy-reunion/"},"headline":"Sarah Michelle Gellar Had a Buffy Reunion With Danny Strong","datePublished":"2015-05-06T16:45:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:19:29.574Z","description":"The Sunnydale High classmates met up for lunch and a selfie","url":"https://time.com/3848772/sarah-michelle-gellar-danny-strong-buffy-reunion/","keywords":["celebrity","Newsfeed"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Esther Zuckerman","jobTitle":"Zuckerman is a contributor for TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/esther-zuckerman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrity/","name":"celebrity"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3848772/sarah-michelle-gellar-danny-strong-buffy-reunion/","name":"Sarah Michelle Gellar Had a Buffy Reunion With Danny Strong"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The 14 Best Television Intros","description":"The best 30 seconds on TV come before the feature. Here are the best opening credits television has to offer.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/43fbt7yd/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-07-10T18:51:21.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/43fbt7yd.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3848772/sarah-michelle-gellar-danny-strong-buffy-reunion/","duration":"PT1M30S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3848772/sarah-michelle-gellar-danny-strong-buffy-reunion/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```